Lead DevOps Engineer

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Summary:

TouchNet is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer with a passion for process automation. In this role, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between development and operations by assisting in the design, implementation, and maintenance of Cloud environments, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines, as well as automation and management of lower environments.

Responsibilities:

• Automate provisioning of infrastructure, including installation and configuration of third-party components, to ensure efficient delivery of stable dev, test, and staging environments
• Design, implement, monitor, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to allow development teams to deploy solutions into dev, test, and staging environments
• Automate additional routine tasks where possible
• Collaborate with development teams and leadership on a daily basis to identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues in lower environments and processes
• Recommend process improvements to increase efficiency of development organization
• Exemplify a culture of innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of strong devops / automation experience
• Conceptual understanding of devops topics like CI/CD and infrastructure as code
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, including container orchestration offerings, infrastructure automation tools, and logging/monitoring tools
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration such as Kubernetes
• Experience with Git and GitOps, build tools like Jenkins or TeamCity, collaboration tools like Jira, Rally, Confluence, and Crucible
• Proficiency with one or more scripting languages
• Fluency with basic networking concepts
• Comfortable in Linux environments
• Ability to diagnose and resolve computer system and operational issues
• A passion for automation and efficiency
• A desire to teach and to learn
• Self-motivated and independent. Able to drive projects to completion with minimal supervision
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to relay complex topics to both technical and non-technical team members
• BS/BA degree completed or in the works 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 years of strong devops / automation experience
• Proficiency with multiple scripting languages
• Experience securing and managing PCI-compliant environments
• Experience with configuration management tools like Chef or Puppet
• Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with application development is a plus
• Familiarity with Java application servers like Tomcat or Wildfly

About TouchNet

TouchNet, a Global Payments Company, is a pioneer in delivering innovative commerce solutions to Higher Education. Since 1989, colleges and universities have relied on TouchNet to unify and secure transactions everywhere money moves on campus. Today, TouchNet U.Commerce is the premier commerce management system for Higher Education. TouchNet solutions help institutions run campus business better by providing greater control over transactions, costs, compliance, and financial operations.

TouchNet, a Global Payments Company, is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As “Champions of Inclusion,” we are fully committed and focused on creating a better tomorrow in the communities in which we live and work. Diversity is integral to our culture, and we are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment.

Global Payments offers a comprehensive benefits package to all of our team members, includ